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29 March 2026

Sunday Stamps | I Is for Insects

Some Insects for Sunday Stamps: I. Some of these are not the first time they have appeared on the blog.

Actias luna (Luna Moth)
USA, 2025

Aeshna canadiensis (Canada Darner)
Canada, 2007

Argynnis paphia (Silver-Washed Fritillary)
Czech Republic, 2023

Carabus nitens (Golden Bog Groundbeetle)
Belarus, 2016

Castiarina klugii (Jewel Beetle)
Australia, 2016

Cupido comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue)
USA, 2016

Danaus plexippus (Monarch caterpillar)
Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth)
Canada, 2007 & 2009

Deilephila elpenor (Elephant hawk-moth)
United Kingdom, 2020

Petasida ephippigera (Leichhardt's grasshopper)
Australia, 1991

Polyommatus icarus (Common Blue)
Czech Republic, 2020

Stigmodera gratiosa (Jewel Beetle)
Australia, 2016

12 comments:

  1. FinnBadger29 March, 2026

    Such a colorful collection today. I love the design of that Australian set, and the Canadian lower value definitives are a favorite.

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    1. Mail Adventures29 March, 2026

      Insects are better on stamps that in real life. At least, one can appreciate the colours better.

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  2. marina29 March, 2026

    Beautiful, beautiful stamps. I love the face of the dragonfly. and the pink on the moth stamp.

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    1. Mail Adventures29 March, 2026

      That pink stamp is really beautiful, isn't it?

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  3. Bryon D29 March, 2026

    An excellent assortment today Eva!

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  4. Lisa29 March, 2026

    Quite a colorful grasshopper. I have a kind of hummingbird hawk moth, and it's such a strange looking insect.

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    1. Mail Adventures29 March, 2026

      Most insects look very strange when you look closely at them.

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  5. violet s29 March, 2026

    I also think insects are better to see on stamps than real life ;) One minor quibble with USPS - why no descriptions?? I have saved one set of those beneficial insects and refuse to send any more out, I like them so much.

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    1. Mail Adventures29 March, 2026

      Those small stamps are favourites of many people. I would prefer the name of the animals on the stamp, too. That would spare some research!

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  6. Joy30 March, 2026

    Wow the Australian grasshopper is wonderfully bright, the sort of thing we might call here (and Australia) a bobby dazzler. Beetles are endlessly fascinating, what an attractive collection of insects.

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    1. Mail Adventures31 March, 2026

      Thanks. I like how colourful these stamps are.

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Thank you for coming. All your comments make me extremely happy.